Hosts Dallen Stanford & Robin MacDowell are joined by Canadian International Renee Gonzalez and the electric Jacques Odendaal for Episode 6 of The Rugby Sevens Rollercoaster.
Gonzalez scored the match-winning try for the Northern Loonies to become the 2023 Western Conference kickoff women’s tournament winners at TCO Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was named the Premier Rugby Sevens player of the tournament. Gonzalez debuted for Canada 7s in 2021, and for Canada 15s in 2023.
Odendaal scored the match-winning try for the Rocky Mountain Experts to become the 2023 Western Conference kickoff men’s tournament winners at TCO Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was named the Premier Rugby Sevens player of the tournament. Odendaal was part of the NAV 7s team that won the 2022 Club 7s Nationals and also coached with Life University, winning two National Championships in 2022/2023.
Premier Rugby Sevens features 8 franchises with 16 teams in 2023 contesting five tournaments across the U.S. The season started on June 17 at Q2 Stadium (Austin, Texas) for the Eastern Conference Kickoff, then TCO Stadium (Minneapolis, Minnesota) hosted the Western Conference Kickoff on June 24. The Western Conference Finals are on July 15 at Paypal Park (San Jose, California) and the Eastern Conference Finals on July 23 at Highmark Stadium (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). The 2023 Championship will be played on August 6 at Audi Field in Washington, DC.
Results to date:
Eastern Conference Kickoff Winners | Southern Headliners (Women) + Texas Team (Men)
Western Conference Kickoff Winners | Northern Loonies (Women) + Rocky Mountain Experts (Men)
We hope you enjoy The Rugby Sevens Rollercoaster!
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